 It's Thursday February 3rd 2022 when I'm filming this Temperature outside this morning is minus 32 Celsius or minus 25 Fahrenheit. It's cold It's gonna be a good day though So the reason we're up and about a little bit later today than usually then I usually would be on a weekdays Cuz I had a doctor's appointment again this morning lots of doctors appointments in the next few months I've explained this in the past this one wasn't related to IVF. It was related to My other stuff. I have some other checkups that I have to go and do I have another appointment in Winkler for an MRI it's there's a Pain in my back a dull ache in my back. That's been there for years now And we've been trying to figure out what it is. Sometimes it gets pretty bad. Sometimes it goes away I've gone through some massage therapy It's right around where my right kidney is right beneath my rib cage and when I sit back in my chair I can I can it feels like there's a lump There and when you say that it it brings up like anxiety like oh, what do you mean a lump, right? And I don't think I'm dying or anything, but I want to know what this is and it's been getting worse So I want to know how bad it's gonna get is there something I can do. Maybe it's something in my diet I've cut alcohol out. It seemed in the past that if I had alcohol it would agitate it But I haven't had a drink in eight months and it's still Still there. It's worse in the mornings It's not crippling pain But it has gotten to the point where I can hardly roll over in bed at night And then as I get the blood moving and blood pumping throughout the day It's sort of sort of gets better and I can get my mind off of it So I'm not a doctor. I have no idea what's going on But that's why I'm at the doctor here to try and figure out what what is going on. It's been about two years I was supposed to have an MRI a year ago already, but due to COVID It's been delayed and delayed and delayed until finally I said, okay Let's just wait till things calm down and we'll figure it out then. So it seems like things might be calming down Who knows but I figured I'd give it a shot now and he's got me scheduled for another MRI appointment I've got to wait for the for them to call me back to see what time works for them and We'll go and check things out there. I've already had a CT scan. I believe I think that's what it's called of my Whole abdomen all of my organs are 100% my kidneys are 100% livers 100% Everything looks as it should be there. It doesn't look like there's anything wrong, and I know it's not in my head. Okay, so we're gonna figure this out and That's that's what I was doing this morning. So don't worry about me. I'm doing fine But that that's why we're running a little later today. We're gonna go and get our truck warm it up hook onto a trailer I think I got to grab some tarps and Head back to canora today. It'll be a little bit of a later day today because I'm getting a later start, but No time to waste. We have an appointment there this afternoon Look at this guy. Oh, that's a flag Before before leaving town Stopped and got to me to treat myself because I went to see the doctor because I'm a good boy May as well It's gonna be a long day. I Have a feeling it's gonna be a long day doesn't have to be a long day But I just have a feeling it's gonna be a long day, and that that's okay. That's okay. I don't mind it We're just gonna Truck along. I just hope that the brakes aren't frozen on the trailer I'm supposed to take today. It looked I looked at it yesterday and looked like it had been sitting there for Since before the last blizzard Kind of to dig it out pull it out of there and hopefully none of the brakes are frozen so that we can just You know giddy up and go then I got to go find tarps yet But the ride to Kanora will be nice. It's a heated cab It's a two two and a half hour drive just cruising listening to music So the majority of the day will be nice and warm and we'll just see see what happens. We'll see what happens Just gonna show you the trailer. We're gonna grab today grabs it before I do in the next half hour or so Right there You can kind of see it's been in here a while Hopefully the brakes aren't frozen. I have no idea what that big steel thing is up on the next I do. I don't know what it's called. I mean, I'll show you what it's for though It's for that hauling big smet pieces for buildings Hey, she got to sleep in today, so she better not be grumpy now. Got a startup for me Hello time is 9 30 So my appointment in Kanora is at 1 30 Four hours to get there and it's a two and a two hour drive two and a half hour drive So I have an hour and a half to get everything ready here and skedaddle So I'm not in that bigger rush But you know you you want to get things you want to be ready sooner because just in case something goes wrong along the way That you have time to fix problems and still be on time First problem. It's cold Can't fix that though. Let's plug in Shouldn't have any issues. The block should be nice and warm in there Yep mandatory, okay It's ready shame on you for doubting her Make sure it starts building air Gotta clean these gates again. Don't I can't I need to dust this place Come on start building air. You want to see that needle start moving up This one's gonna go up first and now it'll come up second. Don't be grumpy. You got to sleep in I think we'll be taking this truck out today. She's not building another truck In the meantime You got to sleep in this is exactly what I mean by Needing a little bit of extra time to get ready in case if something slows us down So I'm gonna try some airline antifreeze right away see if I can get whatever valve is stuck to release and If that doesn't do anything well the shop's gonna have to work on that and I'm gonna have to go and Grab a different truck for the day. I got some time yet I'm just trying to get the engine at least a little bit warmed up See if it'll just take a minute or two. I'll give it 10 minutes. See see if the valve is gonna Release kind of makes me nervous though if it is already stuck it might get stuck again throughout the day So I'll probably put airline antifreeze through it just in case anyway Trucking right trucking in Canada, huh? There's always an adventure waiting for us every day I'm just gonna warm up for another minute or two here. My hands are like frozen. I can't feel them And I'm gonna get my jacket on my good gloves on We'll see we can quickly take care of this. It'll only take a few minutes Just got to remove one of the airlines and throw some Sort of like it's called airline antifreeze just throw some of that in there Compressor will shoot it through the system and whatever valve is stuck It'll hit that valve and melt all the ice on it and then it'll release and we should be off to the races, right should be Be nice if we could park these things indoors overnight and you wouldn't have to ever worry about that, right? I drain the tanks every day. I started doing that since this happened last time So at the end of my day, I drain or at least pull on the airline like where the air tanks are Compressed air, right? There's a little release valve and if there's moisture in the tank It collects at the bottom and there's a little release valve you can pull it with Sprays out a little bit of mist sometimes because the condensation and gets the water out of the tank so that it gets it out Of the air system. I did do that yesterday and there wasn't any air in the system at at the end of my day Or there wasn't any moisture in there as far as I could tell so I didn't think we'd have this problem today But alas here we are we got it Haha I'm somewhat of a mechanic So I removed the airline from the compressor Where it shoots air into the into the truck into the air tanks, right? You dribble a little bit of airline antifreeze In there into the hose you reattach the hose to their compressor start the truck back up now It's shooting all of that antifreeze back into the system wherever finding wherever it's frozen, right? It worked It actually worked I fixed it. I didn't even need the shop They're gonna have to start paying me for being a mechanic. I have to get a mechanics wage. I keep fixing this thing myself Okay, well there we go Now you see the secondary air tank Rising as well. Oh Yes, that feels good That feels good to fix something Mechanic Josh right here. Okay, so I've let the air pressure build completely up I'm gonna pump the brakes to Bring the air levels down into the red there again that are PM up a little bit And I'm gonna watch to make sure that it fills up again This one's already filled up Excuse all the dust and dirt on the dash. It's bothering me to That one's moving Gotta wait for that one to come out of the red now as well Both air tanks primary air secondary air the secondary air always fills up first and there you go Fill it up. Good. So before I leave here Before I leave here, I'm gonna try it one more time and drain it all the way down to zero Make sure it builds all the way back up just to make sure that those valves are well Moving well because I don't want to get stranded out on the road on the way to canora gets a little secluded out there But I have some more airline antifreeze here and now I know how to fix this myself I've had a consistent problem with this truck with the same problem throughout this winter So now whenever this happens, I know what works and I know how to fix it real quick I don't have to know get in line for the shop This also comes from experience with owning my own truck. I own my own. Well, I leased a truck More than once here before in the past. I don't have any right now This is truck isn't mine But you you run into these problems when you have your own truck and you're expected to fix it Well, it's just cheaper to fix it yourself, right? So you learn how to fix these things it also helps having a dad that's been driving for what 30 years or more There are five years and he owns his own truck So anything that could possibly break on this truck dad knows how to fix so all I'd have to do I didn't have to ask him this time Because he's already he's already showed me how to do this Told me how to do this, but if I had a problem I'll have to send him a text and you know, he's he's like a an on-call mechanic That's very handy to have okay, so it looks like everything is good built back up Good to go Yeah, it's I love my parents a lot. They're a Hard-working people anything to do with a truck I can call dad He can he most likely has the answer and my mom's an accountant owns her own business So anything to do with taxes or anything to do with the big money or bills or the government Money-wise the CRA Canadian review agency mom has all the answers to that. So I'm pretty set. I Wouldn't mind like I said if I one day buy my own W 900 I know I'll be pretty set and have all the knowledge I need to To run my business but for now We've got this truck running. Let's go get our trailer and let's get out of here. We've Got an hour now, so we used a half hour doing this All right, everything is working as it should Need a little bit of convincing this morning, but we're friends Whether she wants to be or not we're friends run air through the system Okay There's no Hear that ticking sound. It's the air filling up these tanks No air leaks there. That's fantastic So I showed you what these are for right? This is bolted on here. So it just stays here. We're gonna load up I think lumber I think behind here from here back and I believe I got a tarp I think it's lumber. I'm gonna have to double check all that but we're loading doesn't really matter to me Whatever it is. Well, I'm ready for it. We'll put it on the trailer and Bring it on home. I know the load is going to Minnesota And then this trailer's got to go and pick up more of that cement that goes on here and rests on that So the Minnesota load is just getting it down there And then the main load is like all these cement pieces like that For a big project in Winnipeg Pretty busy We have a bunch of rental trailers already trying to keep up. That's good. Being busy is good Keep the things moving. That's what we do I'm gonna pull this thing out of here Just make sure all the wheels are turning and then I'll do the walk around out here in the open Make sure all the lights are working and such Yep Okay, come on. Please tell me you're you're not frozen. Okay. Come with me Come with me Nice good girl She's coming. Oh Good, that means she's probably not frozen So I'm gonna beer a little this way look in my mirror. I see all the wheels turning on that side all three axles And then I'm gonna Be here this way a little bit so we can see the axles there all three axles turning Yes, oh No frozen brakes today. Just frozen airlines. Okay, only one problem not two one problem is better than two problems There's something open here now and I can go out there and check on everything. Oh I like you. I like you. Who are you? You're not one of ours Who are you number seventy seven five ninety four? I did turn my signals on okay, huh? Hmm you saw that right I See a little bit of a loose connection. I'm gonna have to make sure that's fixed before leaving Lights lights lights lights man, I love this trailer. Oh, but I'm sorry I own cursism of it these Ratchets don't slide But there's a lot of them see there's one here and there's a hook here So on the other side, there's another one another one there one here says tons of them. That'll be fine. Whatever Whatever, it's the only thing. I always have to find something right? Nothing is perfect, but 99% perfect I like the sliding ratchets better. It's just easier to tie freight down but Very very small issue very small Okay lights back here. We want people to be able to see what we're doing. Oh, that's frozen on there. Well, you can see the lights okay Be able to See this piece back here is secure tied down. That's for something else. We'll just leave that there Sure these tires are filled with compressed air. Oh It's wonderful come on two more to go. Yes Light working signal Okay, nice. Hey, what's in here? Oh, it's like a mystery box Really open Okay, well fine then you don't have to open Another signal here two signals on this side of the trailer was there two on the other side too Let's go check Real quick now. Was there two in there that are all closed up today. It's another cold one There is two on this side too Well jeepers Jeepers creepers Here else there. How do I not see that? That's why you do. Ah, you see this one That's why you walk around twice Rolling around the bypass of canora right now Looks like we're about 15 minutes out From destination gonna be loading up a load of lumber It's gonna be pretty fancy lumber I guess because it needs to be tarped and it's going down into Minnesota Town that starts with a B and it's not Bemidji. It's a different one. I forget right now, but it's going down to Minnesota I'm not taking it there. I'm just taking it back to our yard We have our regional guys that are gonna be taking it down there and they're picking up some more of that cement I explained that to you this morning already, right? Yeah, I did Nice countryside around here though, eh? At least the roads are dry Really good traction today, though. I know on the camera. It always doesn't do it justice That always looks worse than it is It's actually really good today. Look at this out here though, eh? Wouldn't it be nice to have a cottage on that lake? I wonder what property taxes are out here on the water You know what? Never mind. I don't even want to know I can't afford it, so I don't want to know Beautiful. Here's that lake again So many lakes in northern Ontario Lots of fresh water. If you look at a map of Ontario Now go into the northern part of Ontario. Look near the Manitoba border and outwards there Even into northern Manitoba and zoom in. Look at how many lakes there are Tiny little lakes. They're all left over from the glaciers That used to be covering this whole part of the continent. This used to be underneath a mile of ice If you believe that under a mile of ice Things have warmed up since then and now we have all of this here Beautiful country to enjoy Well, Pete, you did good. You were a little grumpy this morning and I expect better from you tomorrow Okay Counting on you Chevy's never this grumpy, right? If Chevy always wakes up, just fine What's up with you? I don't even know if you can see it or if it's too dark. That's where I put her That was a pretty cool tarping machine they had there though. I That was nice I've seen those before and I've vlogged about them before some machines are a little different than this This one was a little different than any one I've seen before but that helps a lot makes it so much easier It makes it go so much faster when they have a tarping machine like that. That was really cool But the time is now nine o'clock p.m It's time to go home. We got to be back here in the morning again Time to go home brush our teeth go straight to bed because we're adults Adulting it's nothing new. I've been doing this for a while already. So I forget what it's like to be a kid, you know No worries no cares no bills That was the life. That was the life It must have been nice. I don't remember it was so long ago But you know what being an adult is pretty fun too because you know what? No one's there to tell you not to eat another piece of pie I can eat as much pie as I want I make the rules. I'm the adult Speaking of which I need to go pick up some ice cream This weekend not today today. I got to go home and go to bed got to be responsible today Tomorrow, maybe we'll go pick up some ice cream and I can eat as much as I want no one can say anything about it We'll talk to you later guys. See you tomorrow